Pick of the Week Podcast

06.20.2010 – Episode #239 – X-Factor Forever #4

Show Notes

Running Time: 01:03:36

June 20, 2010 – Another week, another batch of comics and this time around, we nearly had a spit-take within the first 5 minutes, which really sets the tone when you're discussing the weeks comics, your favorite creators and breaking up with you comic book store.

Comics:
00:02:11 – Ron takes a break from insanity with X-Factor Forever #4 and wishes this was the ongoing.
00:11:30 – Despite not being the pick, New Avengers #1 was darn good, but borders on too much Avengers for Josh.
00:15:51 – There was nothing about Amazing Spider-Man #634 that Conor didn't like.
00:19:07 – Want to make Josh and Conor happy? Try a western, like Pale Horse #1.
00:21:15 – Ron was elated to see a great issue with Darkwing Duck #1.
00:24:56 – New Mutants #11 continued the great crossover, but left Ron wanting to know who was who on the art duties.
00:28:02 – That opening scene seems familiar from Brightest Day #4.
00:29:45 – Josh nearly picked Fables #96 as his pick of the week for a great story about Snow White and gang rape.
00:31:30 – It's amazing how the series rolls on and Walking Dead #73 is still fantastic.
00:33:31 – Conor really enjoyed Magdalena #2 after catching up on the first issue.
00:34:50 – The art was the attraction for Josh by Joker's Asylum 2: Mad Hatter but it didn't follow through.

E-Mail:
00:42:19 – Mike from the UK wonders what the worst movie adaption could be?
00:45:42 – Ethan is curious about hidden gems from creators that we've discovered.

Voice Mail:
00:48:08 – Juan from CA wants to know if there are any comics from our favorite creators that we didn't like?
00:50:38 – Hank from CT wants to change his comic store and isn't sure how to break the news to his current store.

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Comments

Was the Gauntlet storyline all good? B/c they’re coming out with a lot of Amazing Spider-man HCs about the Gauntlet story & I am just trying to figure out if it is worthwhile or not, b/c I did not like the other stories before this Gauntlet "event."

I liked the artwork on the Mad Hatter story, but that might be because I’m not familiar with Bill Sienkiewicz so I didn’t have the "can do better" outlook. I had nothing to compare it to, and sometimes that helps.

Cool question about creators letting you down. Here’s a few that I can think of:

Geoff Johns constantly lately. I hated Blackest Night and Flash Rebirth and it’s almost hard to believe that this is by the same guy who did all those great JSA stories and The Flash with Scott Kollins from back when.

Great show, as usual. I’m a little surprised that you guys liked Pale Horse. Every once in a while a story with a female protagonist written by a male writer strikes me as really disengenuous and jarring. And I felt this story about a black protagonist was so clearly written by a white guy who didn’t really have any understanding of what it must have been like to be a black cowboy in the old west that I couldn’t get past it. Saying it’s similar to Jonah Hex because they’re both about old west bounty hunters with questionable morality is like saying that Chew has a lot in common with The Legion of Superheroes because they both have characters with super powers related to eating….what, I’m the only one who remembers Matter Eater Lad?

I was hoping for an exciting new western comic, too. I’was never into any before Jonah Hex, but I had high hopes for a western by Boom! Sadly, what I got was Pale Horse.

Regarding the voice mail about comic store fidelity: As someone who works at a lcs, I would say, if you don’t have a subscription, don’t say anything. Check out the other store for a while, if you like it better, you can visit the old store when they have a sale, or if there’s something they have that the new store doesn’t have. If you don’t have a subscription, you don’t owe the store anything, even if the owner is your brother-in-law.

If you do have a subscription, lie. Tell the owner that your finances are going to be tight for a while. Start your sub at the other store. If it doesn’t work out, you can go back to your old store without the added drama of having told them you left for a better discount.

For a little while I had a dilemma regarding comic shops. A few years ago I moved to a different part of town and wouldnt you know it, there was a comic shop just a few blocks down the street. However, after I went in a few times I just didnt like the people there and their selection was shaky. On the other hand I had been going to my old comic shop for years and the owner is a cool guy who knows me and I almost always find what I want, so for that the 20 minute drive across town is always worth it.

Even though I live in Queens, I don’t really know the LCS in my area. I just take the LIRR straight to Penn station and pay a visit to either Midtown or Jim Hanley’s.

As for a comic book series might be bad for a movie, how about Alan Moore’s Top 10? It’s a buddy cop kind of series. I don’t think they can do a story for just 2 hours. May be a TV series but definitely not a movie.

Let me put on my Comic Book Guy wig (ah, shit… I have the same hair as him anyway) and correct Sir Ronald:

From the ever-reliable (…) Wikipedia,

"Mutant X is a science-fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Marvel Studios, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. "